Chapter 681: Humanoid Catapult, Meteor Shower at Night
The dark night slowly fell, and the county seat of Yunxian County was suddenly swallowed by the endless darkness, and there were no lights placed at the head of the city, and there were no bonfires around the city, in case the enemy took advantage of the night to kill the city.
The pitch-black city was as silent as black, and there were not even a few guards patrolling, a watchtower, and the bright moonlight shone on this high-pitched watchtower, and inside the watchtower, there seemed to be no human figures, only a nighthawk with wide-eyed eyes.
Those eyes, like high-tiled light bulbs in the night sky, emitted a golden light, constantly scanning the darkness around them, and behind the wall of the watchtower, Uta was sitting in the watchtower, holding a grass stalk, and his eyes were also wide open, looking at the stars in the sky.
The Nighthawk Tribe, in the Eagle Rift, the clansmen who were forcibly brought back by Leng Zhuo have now been integrated into the various armies, maybe their combat effectiveness is just ordinary, but when night falls, this darkness is their stage.
Lighting the lights, arranging patrols, and having the Nighthawk can almost all be dispensed with, because in this night, no one with the best eyesight can compare to the eyes of the Nighthawk, and no wind or grass can escape their eyes, and with their presence, the darkness becomes the same as the day, and the enemy's every move cannot escape the surveillance.
Yunxian is very quiet, because of the curfew, there is no light in the hunger, and the entire Yunxian County seems to have been erased from the ground, but it is the camp of the Holy Sect army that has set up camp outside the county seat, and the bonfires everywhere illuminate the nearby sky.
Because of Ran Min's attack, it was delayed for more than two hours, causing the Holy Sect Army to rectify the chaos and start building a camp after dark, which inevitably took more time, adding a fire to cook, and this toss was tossed until the middle of the night
After eating, the tired soldiers of the Holy Sect entered their tents in plain clothes and fell asleep, and after a short time, except for the soldiers on duty at night, the noisy camp also quieted down.
In Yunxian County, in the courtyard next to the city wall, a huge figure suddenly stood up. The huge body of Gundam Sanwen is almost as tall as the head of the city, and if you raise that long arm, it is estimated that it will be easy to climb directly over the head of the city.
"My lord, it's all passed on, as long as you fire a ringing arrow, the four-armed giant apes in all parts of the city will act at the same time!"
Ju Yi raised his head and glanced at the top of his head, Yue Liu's head: "Wait, let those guys sleep for a while, after two minutes, aim for me, smash it hard!
Time always moves fast in sleep, and the two bells pass like a moment's work. And in Yunxian City, hundreds, huge figures stepped on a high-pitched earth platform, and suddenly the huge body was higher than the city wall, and on the side, the huge boulders piled up like mountains were placed aside.
The humanoid cataple, a four-armed giant ape, was driven by the soldiers to lift a tonnage boulder with four hands, and lifted it over his head with ease.
Whoosh, a sound arrow flew into the air, suddenly exploded in the dark sky, bang, the sound suddenly broke the quiet darkness, and with this sound of arrows, the four-armed giant ape spread its legs, leaned backwards, reached the extreme, and suddenly stood up, and the four arms also exerted force at the same time, the ton boulder was like a meteor, scraping through the air, with a howling wind flying over the city, disappearing into the darkness
Almost at the same time, three hundred four-armed giant apes attacked at the same time, and three hundred boulders blew through the dark night sky like meteor showers, although there was no gorgeous flame tail, but when the boulder flew over a distance of more than 2,000 meters, it flew down from the sky, and the whistling wind made the bonfire sway, and the tent fluttered.
Bang, a boulder smashed with great precision on a huge bonfire, which was entirely made of thick tree trunks, and as the boulder fell, the burning wood was hit hard, and suddenly burst into flames.
Thousands of sparks exploded, and the night soldiers guarding the campfire were killed on the spot. But the thick firewood was still swirling and sweeping, and the tents were set on fire, overturned, and more fires were ignited.
After all, only a few were smashed into the bonfire, and more boulders bounced directly against the ground, and then like stone cannons, a line was swept out, and the camp tents along the way were not only overturned, but the unlucky people inside were directly smashed into meat filling, and if they were lucky, the boulders bounced off the body.
In general, the lethal effect of the first wave of attacks is not obvious, and those who died are some unlucky people, but after this wave of attacks, where can the sleeping camp be quiet, countless people are awakened by this wave of attacks, especially those soldiers in the camp tent who were set on fire, their bodies were set on fire, and the screams were particularly harsh in the night.
The Holy Cult Army, which had not been asleep for a long time, was rudely interrupted from resting, and there was some confusion, and officers at all levels also appeared, gathering their subordinates to guard against the enemy's night attack.
There was nothing wrong with their actions, but the mistake was that they did not understand the truth, and the soldiers were gathered and stood in dense numbers, almost the best targets.
Whoosh, whoosh, this time it was fired with three arrows, and if the first round of attacks was to confuse the enemy and get up, then the next time was the time to ravage the enemy, and attack freely.
The soldiers of the four-armed giant ape had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and as the arrows rang out, the boulders were lifted one after another, and then smashed towards the flaming enemy camp in the distance.
The catapult, firing a stone projectile, takes at least two minutes, which is already the fastest speed, and the four-armed giant ape, the humanoid trebuchet, can throw a boulder in five seconds, which is heavier than the catapult, and the distance is also farther, five miles away, but it can still be extended, and almost all the camps of the Holy Cult Army are within the range of the attack.
Although the darkness obscured the trajectory of countless boulders sliding, making people unable to feel the shock of the flying stones in the sky, the dark night also provided the best cover for these boulders, and it became difficult to judge the landing point.
Moreover, the trajectory of the boulder thrown by the four-armed giant ape is not a parabola with a large angle of the catapult, but an almost straight curve, so when it lands, the angle is very high, and although it pulls up a deep pit by rubbing the ground, it will bounce up again by the force of the ground, and then sweep over.
In front of the tonnage boulder, the manpower is insignificant, and the soldiers who were gathered became targets in an instant, the boulder flew past, and the soldiers standing together were instantly shattered, and there were almost no living people in the line where the boulder flew out.
The boulder rain lasted for a short time, less than two minutes before and after, because there were no stones and could only stop, in the night, naturally did not cause much damage to the other party, but to the sea of fire, the wailing camp, I want to come to this supper is not bad.
After collecting the troops and sleeping, Ju Yi gave the order, he went straight back to his courtyard and rested, and the city of Yunxian fell into silence again, as if nothing had happened, but the Holy Sect Army could not sleep again, and the camp retreated five miles overnight and set up camp outside the city.
This toss, a night has passed, and in the newly built Holy Sect Army camp, Yuan Shi, the Fire Banner Banner Master of the Holy Sect Army, is frowning at this moment and listening to the preliminary casualty statistics of the disciples below.
"Last night, the enemy used rocks to attack the camp, and after statistics, our side lost at least more than a thousand people, and in the chaos, there are thousands of people who do not know where to go, and now those miscellaneous soldiers are demoralized to the valley, and they are completely frightened!"
Although Yuan Nie didn't expect that the group of miscellaneous troops could play any role in this battle, but after all, there were many people, but the other party first sent troops and horses to rush into battle, and then attacked in the middle of the night, what the idea of playing, at a glance, but what worried him the most was that the hole cards of the other party were completely different from the situation he mastered, could it be that the other party also hid other hole cards.
The Leng family is just a family that has only risen to the limelight in recent years, and the family has almost no background, but where did this endless means and those beast cavalry come from, the Holy Sect has accumulated for five hundred years for this day, and it has only been on the scale it has today, and the other party has only risen for two or three years, weird, too weird.
But no matter what, the soldiers and horses of this Ping'an Hou must be defeated, and the Holy Sect can only have a stable territory by occupying Chuxi, according to the Taoshui as the line, and thinking it as a barrier, with Chuxi as the foundation, whether it is to continue to capture Chudong, or turn around and enter Shuzhong, there is a rear:
But the other party's sudden two-plate axe disrupted his plan, he thought that the army was overwhelming, and the other party had no danger to defend, under the strong force, the other party would not be too resolute even if he defended, but he didn't think that it would be such a situation.
It seems that the strength in his hands alone is not enough to pacify the enemy on the opposite side, only waiting for the golden banner and a few saints to rush over, thinking of this, Yuan Ne said: "Let the troops set up camp on the spot, dig trenches, arrange camp defenses, and do not leave the camp for the time being...... ,!”
Before Yuan Ne's words fell, a hurried footstep came from outside the tent, and a person entered the tent and said pantingly: "Banner master, the emperor's ** army in Yunxian County is dispatched, attacking us, at least half-beast cavalry!"
"What!" Yuan Nie almost slapped the table to smash, but he didn't expect that the other party was only 10,000 soldiers and horses, and it was already difficult to defend Yun County, and thousands of people dared to take the initiative to attack, which was simply a slap in the face.
"Liyu will summon the Huolin army for me to dispatch, and also, pass the order, and the army will start attacking the city!"
"But?"
"No, but, I'll give you a soldier and horse, form a team of supervisors, on the battlefield, dare to retreat without authorization, escape, kill, can only advance, not retreat, hum, I want to, the other party has three heads and six arms!"